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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Aptdaemon vulnerability (USN-4537-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 140784

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4537-1 advisory.

 Vaisha Bernard discovered that Aptdaemon incorrectly handled the Locale property. A local attacker could use this issue to test for the presence of local files.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4537-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 140784

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4537-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2020

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.test, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:aptdaemon, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-aptdaemon

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15703

USN: 4537-1